A wild scene unfolded Monday night as former Kentucky basketball and Sacramento Kings star DeMarcus Cousins clashed with fans after being ejected from a game in Puerto Rico.
Cousins, 34, had to be restrained from going after fans who hurled food and drinks at him as he exited the arena during a Baloncesto Superior Nacional league game between the Guaynabo Mets and Bayamon Cowboys.
One video showed Cousins, a four-time NBA All-Star, grabbing his crotch during a confrontation with fans who were sitting courtside. One man directed two middle fingers at Cousins and another appeared to slap at him before two of Cousins’ teammates intervened.
DeMarcus Cousins and this fan get into an altercation.
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Another video showed fans taunting Cousins as he left the floor and headed to the locker room following his ejection. Cousins exchanged words with fans, put a hand in one man’s face and made an obscene gesture as fans threw food and drinks at him. Cousins again tried to go after fans before several members of arena security could lead him out of the building.
Fans threw popcorn and drinks at Demarcus Cousins during a basketball game
No place in sports for this
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The Kings selected Cousins out of Kentucky with the fifth pick in the 2010 NBA draft. He spent six seasons in Sacramento before going on to play for the New Orleans Pelicans, Golden State, Warriors, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets.
Cousins signed with the Guaynabo Mets in 2023 after 11 seasons in the NBA.